Hi Everyone

I'm just building out a workshop to start up on my own. The main working area is roughly 7m x 13m. I have other spaces for wood etc. I do bespoke furniture, and will ocassionally make free standing, dressing room, cupboard etc. I have just been debating whether to go for something with a 2.6-3.2m bed to deal with sheet material, or go smaller and have a trac...

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I purchased this (what I call a) heavy Jack plane in Maine (USA) some years ago. I suspect it was utilized in the later ship-building industry, but welcome comments on that topic (as well as any others). It has no maker's mark.

It is 17 1/2 inches long and 2 3/4 inches wide. The casting is rather heavy. It sports a Mathieson chip brea...

Today I went back to a house where the plumbing was a complete bodge job and the floor tiles had been laid directly onto a weak chipboard floor and the waste was level and ran uphill in several places. They are family friends so off I went to fit a new kitchen mixer . I reckoned on a couple of hours max so back home and feet up in no time.
Got there and the usual- fill the ...

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Been trawling the ol' planer thicknesser market and wondering if anyone could help me out. Just setting up my own workshop. Have worked in 'shops with Axminster, SCM & Sedgwick machines. Some with digital read outs (often needed recalibrating), and some with tersa and standard blades. Never with a spiral cutter (but always heard the usual cooing about no te...

Big puffs of smoke and groaning noises.
Is new motor for Trend T30AF worth the bother and if so where from?
Is quite old so maybe obsolete, but it was very handy.